EntertainmentTV & moviesMore Studio Ghibli 4K restorations are coming to IMAX in 2026Princess Monokoke was screened in the format for the first time this year.Matt TateContributing reporterFri, December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM UTCIMAX and animation distributor GKids are bringing more 4K Studio Ghibli restorations to the largest screens in 2026.The announcement follows the IMAX release of this year, with the ongoing restorations being directly supervised by Studio Ghibli’s Atsushi Okui, who’s been with the company since 1993.Okui was the Director of Digital Imaging on 2023’s , which was also the first Ghibli picture to get the IMAX treatment.The likes of and have also had theatrical re-releases in recent years.
GKids heads up distribution in North America for the Japanese animation giant’s films across all platforms, and has been working with IMAX on various projects since 2021.It sounds like the remaining Ghibli titles set for theatrical IMAX releases in the US will arrive one at a time, and GKids is not saying how many we can expect, or what it’s following with next year.I did a quick check for notable upcoming anniversaries, and 2026 does mark 40 years of , but one of the studio’s newer films might be a more obvious guess for a 4K refurb.Time will tell.
